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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (21445)	6/2/1999 9:47:00 AM
From: richard surckla	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93625

Zeev, Of course. I stand corrected. Got egg all over my face. Couldn't see the trees for the forest. Anyway heres more on the topic from Intel's Rich Echevarria: ******************************************************************* By Rick Echevarria Director of Internet Marketing Enterprise Server Group Intel Corporation According to industry projections, by the year 2000 the vast majority of servers will be charged with the task of processing information and delivering services via the Internet or Intranet. From core technologies and services such as web hosting, remote management, security and load balancing, to such advanced applications as electronic commerce, IP telephony and virtual private networks, servers will increasingly be called upon to provide new levels of performance and functionality. This means that servers must offer a wide range of operating systems, best-of-breed Internet services applications, best price/performance and reliable operation. Intel is playing a leading role in helping to meet this broad set of requirements in today's and tomorrow's standard high-volume (SHV) servers. The Intel® Architecture (IA) has quickly grown to a leadership position in the server marketplace because of its advantages in price/performance. Its initial success promises to grow even stronger as IA-based SHV servers become increasingly deployed using Internet-focused operating environments, such as Solaris* for Intel, Linux, Windows NT and BSDI UNIX. Come visit us at Fall ISPCON where we will be demonstrating relevant solutions for ISPs on a variety of operating systems. While the majority of Internet servers in the market today are Intel-based, improvements in overall performance, price/performance and flexibility can be achieved to better meet the challenges faced by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and the enterprise—as well as IHVs, ISVs and OEMs—today and in the future. To that effect, Intel is focusing on promoting standards-based Internet solutions designed to deliver the right hardware platform features, promote compelling IA-based Internet operating systems, software tools and applications, and provide secure, reliable, and manageable server platforms. Delivering the Right Server Hardware Features Intel is making a major investment in Internet server platform technology. Efforts include the following: Processors and platform designs that scale up the I/O bandwidth and memory capabilities of Intel-based servers; Creating the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification to enhance server manageability; Leading development of the Virtual Interface (VI) architecture technology and distributed message passing to promote clustering application; Server System Infrastructure (SSI) activities designed to enable the industry with a common set of server component specifications. These standards-based technologies lead to a robust, multi-vendor, horizontal industry capable of providing SHV server solutions that meet or exceed the needs of ISPs and their clients. Delivering the Right Server Software Features Not only is Intel working to enable the right set of server hardware features, it is working directly with operating system developers and other software solutions providers to enable compelling Internet applications that can take advantage of those features. These efforts include: Working with a variety of operating system developers to ensure that whatever operating system an ISP needs will be available and optimized for Intel-based servers, whether it be Linux, Solaris, BSDI or Windows NT. Leading the Uniform Driver Interface (UDI) development effort to unite all UNIX developers in enabling a portable device driver ecosystem. The benefit of this will be wider device support and earlier availability, regardless of your choice of UNIX or Linux operating system. Working with the Linux community to ensure that Linux will take full advantage of advanced hardware features such as extended address range support, hot plug devices, and Intel's latest microprocessors. Working with Microsoft Windows NT to test and promote robust remote server management capability. Working with tool and application solution providers such as US Web, Silver Stream, Inktomi and others to validate and tune top Internet software for optimal performance on SHV servers. Working with leading Internet companies such as Yahoo!* to validate new processors and server products for use in Internet applications. Working with Microsoft* on the deployment of NT on Pentium® II Xeon processor-based servers running E-commerce solutions. Intel Leading into the Future Intel will continue to concentrate on improving Intel-based Internet servers in the areas of raw performance, price/performance, and I/O bandwidth. Software efforts will be focused on enabling the broadest choice of operating environments, tools and application solutions for the Internet, with emphasis on E-commerce and other emerging technologies and solutions. With its standards-based platform technology efforts and its Internet application efforts, Intel is playing a significant role in the evolution of Internet server technology. Look for future articles in Platform Solutions that will explore the results of Intel's efforts to advance the capabilities of IA-based Internet server platforms. About the Author Rick Echevarria is Director of Internet Marketing for Intel's Enterprise Server Group. He is responsible for developing Intel's Internet server strategies and managing relationships with service providers and OEMs, as well as overseeing marketing programs designed to raise awareness of Intel-based Internet servers. For More Information Server Platform news and information * Legal Information © 1999 Intel Corporation